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The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, seized spurious tablets falsely branded arsenic ‘Levipil 500’, a wide utilized medicine for the attraction of epilepsy, during raids conducted crossed the State connected Tuesday.
Acting connected circumstantial intelligence, DCA officials carried retired inspections astatine respective cause dealers’ outlets, starring to the detection of a counterfeit mentation of Levipil 500 tablets, which are claimed to incorporate Levetiracetam 500 mg and are commonly prescribed to power seizures. The seized cause was recovered to beryllium falsely labelled arsenic a merchandise manufactured by Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd.
During the raids, a peculiar squad detected counterfeit stocks of Levipil 500 tablets astatine the premises of Durga Medical and General Stores, located successful Sudharsan Reddy Nagar, Chintal, nether the limits of Quthbullapur colony and mandal successful Medchal–Malkajgiri district.
According to the DCA, the counterfeit tablets bore batch fig GTF0885A, with a manufacturing day of April 2024 and an expiry day of March 2026. The packaging falsely claimed that the cause was manufactured by Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd astatine its portion successful Kokjhar village, Kamrup district, Assam. Officials said preliminary introspection confirmed that the merchandise was spurious and not manufactured by the stated company.
Further probe would beryllium conducted to hint the root of the counterfeit cause and place each individuals progressive successful its manufacture, organisation and sale. Appropriate ineligible enactment volition beryllium initiated against those recovered liable nether the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Warning that spurious drugs airs a superior menace to nationalist health, officials said specified medicines not lone neglect to dainty the intended information but tin besides pb to terrible and semipermanent wellness complications.
The nationalist has been urged to study complaints related to amerciable activities involving medicines, including suspected unauthorised manufacturing oregon merchantability of drugs, narcotic drugs oregon psychotropic substances, done the Telangana Drugs Control Administration’s toll-free helpline fig 1800-599-6969, which is operational connected each moving days from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
